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2015-10-07
I have a thing for memoirs. But it's not because I think I missed out on all the fun myself. I'm not sure what it is.
I like memoirs of wild times but also stories of careful efforts and campaigns…

2015-05-25
Here's a little update about the cultural adventures we've had around here lately.
It's been a bit of a whirlwind. On a wide range of fronts. Where to start?
A couple years ago a food reporter heard about my roadkill tendencies at a Chicago cocktail party…

2013-11-10
[This is Report #4 of 10 from our Family Roadtrip of 2009. I've bumped it because it's mostly about Seneca, which is in the news these days due to my Craigslist ad offering it for sale.]
So we blazed away the miles in our little red Cutlass from Elko, Nevada, to Susanville, CA, where my uncle Tim lives in a sort of timelessness…

2013-09-23
Hopefully most other states have Dispersed Camping as well. I'm pretty sure that it's legal on all Federal Forest land.
If you're tired of paying RV-like rates to pitch your tent just head to state or federal lands that are more than a mile away from an established campground and camp as you please for free for up to two weeks…

2013-06-27
I tell you what!
I've been thinking that Michigan, especially SE MI, needs a full featured Outdoor Center. Like Nantahala and other famous such places.
I see they say that the Mill Lake CCCC Center in Waterloo will take $400k to restore and get back in action…

2013-05-06
I've been getting into trail design in recent years. It's a lotta work. But it occurs to me that hiking doesn't require a clear path. It's easy to *step over* stuff. It's the rolley and slidey stuff that makes me sweat over my chainsaw…

2013-01-28
The caretaker of Stinchfield has made a great new map! Still no topography, but it's a nice map. The 5 new big hills Rad and I found are south of the Old Car.
In case you don't know, Stinch is U of M property on the biggest hill in SSE MI…